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Humpback Whelsh is a Naquic language spoken in Talma. It is distantly related to modern Adutsib languages such as Sfətsiv.

It's inspired by Welsh.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Lateral Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ng /ŋ/
Stop unaspirated pp /p/ tt /t/ tts /ts/ ttσ /tɬ/ ttj /tʃ/ cc /k/
aspirated p /pʰ/ t /tʰ/ ts /tsʰ/ /tɬʰ/ tj /tʃʰ/ c /kʰ/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ dz /dz/ /dɮ/ dj /dʒ/ g /g/
Fricative voiceless f /f/ th /θ/ s /s/ σ /ɬ/ sj /ʃ/ ch /x/ h /h/
voiced v /v/ dh /ð/ z /z/ λ /ɮ/ gh /ɣ/
Approximant r /r/ y /j/ w /w/

Mutations

Soft, nasal, geminate

  • tt > dh, tt, th
  • t > d, n, th

Vowels

in stressed syllables:

a ā e ē i ī o ō > æ a ə e ı i o u = ä a ə e ı i o u

Morphology

Nouns

The definite article is ı before consonants and ın before vowels.

Possessive pronouns: ro vib, w vib, a vib, go vib, zo vib, a mib = my house, your house, ...